Tech

Google Play Subscription Apps Get Free Trial and Two Other Stories You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.

Google Play Now Offers Free Trial for Subscription Apps

Google has enabled app developers to offer their users a free trial period for subscription content. The option lets users "purchase" an app from the Google Play store for free, and cancel it during a week-long trial period.

"For any subscription, you can set up a free trial period that lets users try your subscription content before buying it. The trial period runs for the period of time that you set and then automatically converts to a full subscription managed according to the subscription's billing interval and price," explains Google on its Google Play subscriptions page.

HTC Teams With NASA to Send Nexus One to Space

HTC and NASA have teamed up to send the HTC Nexus One into space. HTC already strapped a Nexus One to a rocket and sent it to the edge of space in 2010, but this time the device has been put through "years of tests" and will go even further away from Earth.

The project is more than a publicity stunt; it's a part of NASA's PhoneSat program, which aims to create small, low-cost, and easy-to-build “nano-satellites.”

Mashable
is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe.